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Thanks for posting. Watching
Thanks for posting. Watching the game, I thought Hurst was handled fairly well by the o-line. Watching it this way, it wasn't as bad as I originally thought.
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Yeah
His team rotated linemen a lot (because All Star game), so I didn't leave a whole lot of snaps out. He wasn't always disruptive, but besides the second to last play on the video, there were almost zero negative plays from his end.
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Hurst was double teamed
You can see the o line started to dbl team him towards the end. That's a great thing because it shows you just how potent he is.
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Doubles typically come by
Doubles typically come by rules based on alignment, not talent assessments. In particular that's likely true in all star games like these where there's just not a ton of specifics in playcalls.
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Here's the whole game in case
Here's the whole game in case anyone is interested.
I felt Maurice Hurst, Jr. looked great
Showed a mean streak to him by throwing some linemen to the ground. He was able to get off blocks well, and found himself chasing a mobile QB on several occassions in the backfield. Even though he had only 1 sack ... he had a sack. Often times DT's will end a season with only 1 or 2 sack's. Our DT's combined for 3 sacks all year. I liked how often he was in the backfield, even if he didn't make the tackle he had the QB flustered, and only left with him an option to run, and the qb didn't seem to get many positive yards on those plays. I also liked the kids motor. He never gave up, and was always chasing the ball carrier down the field. That video gets me extremely excited about Maurice Hurst, Jr.. Many DT's his size tend to be lazy. They rarely chase ball carriers down the field the way he did. Hoke has a special one in Hurst.Honestly, I don't really count on DT's for sacks. If they can get in the backfield I count on them to move the QB out of the pocket into the waiting arms of a pass rushing DE or Blitzing LB. Hurst was back there 3 times with a sack, and those other 2 plays could have easily resulted in a teammate finishing up the sack.
Hurst weight
He seems to be listed everywhere around 3000 lbs, but for a guy that's only 6'2" he didn't look that big. He looked more like 260. The guy covering the game said he's 225. Anyone have any thoughts on his weight?
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Agree and noted his size
was less than his HS tape, particularly in the abdomin. His hustle all over the field and the entire game also indicates his conditioning is on track.
I would guess 275 or so.
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The guys doing the Semper Fi
The guys doing the Semper Fi game were idiots. I couldn't stand them.
Hurst is obviously more than 225. Weights are always over-reported, so I doubt Hurst is 300, but he looks like he's more than 260. Like the guy above, I'd guess something like 275 or so.
If he can keep his weight
If he can keep his weight around 3000 lbs I'm sure it will take the whole O-line to handle him.
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Does anyone have D Green highlights from the Army game?
Except for the other thing. That hurts the most. But the lack of respect hurts the second most.
I don't have the Army game
I don't have the Army game yet.
Working on it
Working on it
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What I took away from the
What I took away from the Hurst highlights is that Northwestern got a heck of a QB. I know small sample size, but he certainly looked good out there. Also to stay on topic here, Hurst looked so explosive.
Douglass doesn't look too good here, but not bad either.
Also after watching the Shane Morris highlights, I don't see why everyone is so worried. First pass was bad because that defender was with him the whole time. A couple of those were very good defensive plays and another was a bad play by the receiver. Two were slightly underthrown, including the interception. But what do you expect with the short amount of time he's had to work with those receivers and that offense? Not to mention, when was the last time he played real, live football? He looked OK to me, just needs to do some more work. I think people are freaking out a little too much about his performance.
The interception was a bad
The interception was a bad read, not just underthrown. He had the guy in the flat if he had tried.
I'm not freaking out because he has all the physical tools and he should be ready to play by the time he's really needed in 2014 or 2015. But his performance was pretty bad.
(FWIW, none of the quarterbacks looked great. That's what happens when high school kids, who have been off for a couple months, get together and play with other high school kids they've never practiced with before in an offense they've never run before.)
Your last paragraph is
Your last paragraph is basically my point. And yes the read was bad, he had another guy completely wide open. But doesn't that play into the fact that he's in a brand new offense, with a week full of practice, in his first real, live game experience in forever? My point being, he didn't play the best, but he certainly didn't look horrible. I'll spell it out as best as I can.
He will be fine if he redshirts and then can get an extra year behind Devin, who hopefully gets that 5th year. If he's thrown into duty next year, it could be brutal. So in other words, he'll be fine if given time. For anyone thinking he was going to come straight in and start or not redshirt, they were sadly mistaken. But, he certainly didn't look horrid for the circumstances for that game. His throws looked pretty good and if he had more time, say a month, to prepare he would have looked fine IMO.
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